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Developing Functional Capacity Thresholds for Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in Africa: the multi-country MUFASSA Study
Preprint: cross-sectional study of 5,274 peopleBiomarkers
Multicentre
Abstract
Background Sarcopenia, the age-related decline in muscle strength and function, contributes to frailty, disability, and mortality. Aim To establish the first African-specific thresholds (AFRO-SARC) for sarcopenia diagnosis.
The paper
University of Southampton
Research Square, 11 Sep 2026, CC BY, Preprint, not peer-reviewed
